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A  DESCRIPTIVE  VIEW  BOOK  in  colors,  reproducing  from  actual  photographs  the  most 
prominent  views  in  the  City  of  Denver  and  the  surrounding  mountain  regions;  in  which 
K^  districts  are  embraced  the  Denver  Mountain  Park  System,  The  Rocky  Mountain 
National  Park  and  Estes  Park. 


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PANORAMA  FROM  WILDCAT  POINT.    ALTITUDE  7,200  FT. 


PUBLISHED   AND  COPYRIGHTED 

BY  TME  M.H.JAMMEM    COMPANY 

DENVER.,' COLORADO. 


DENVER. 

"P^EN  VER  is  a  city  of  unusually  fine  residences,  splendid 
^-^  boulevards,  beautiful  parks,  and  a  strictly  modern 
business  district.  Its  proximity  to  the  Rocky  Mountains 
is  its  chief  oharm,  however  and  no  other  large  city  on  earth 
is  able  to  offer  its  visitors  such  a  remarkable  array  of  one- 
day  trips.  Within  the  city  are  the  United  States  Mint — 
one  of  the  foremost  money-coining  institutions  in  the 
world;  the  New  Post  Office — probably  the  best  example 
of  the  purely  classic  in  Greek  architecture;  a  tower  375 
feet  high,  fashioned  identically  after  the  Campanile  at 
Venice,  Italy,  in  which  tickets  for  all  trips  may  be  pur- 
chased; a  new  $2,000,000  Passenger  Station,  and  a  new 
Civic  Center. 


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NEW  UNION  STATION. 

/^NE  of  the  latest  additions  to  Denver's  famous  public 
buildings  is  the  New  Union  Station,  built  at  a  cost 
of  nearly  $2,000,000.  This  structure  built  of  granite  and 
terra  cotta  has  few  equals  for  similar  buildings  in  this  section 
of  the  country.  The  main  waiting  room  is  110  feet  by  100 
feet.  Waiting  room  67  feet  high  and  seats  400  people 
comfortably. 


NEW  UNION  STATION.  DENVER.  COLORADO. 


COLORADO  STATE  CAPITOL. 

/COLORADO'S  State  House  stands  at  the  crest  of  the 
west  slope  of  Capitol  Hill,  the  magnificent  resident 
section  of  Denver.  The  grounds  cover  three  full  squares 
and  have  one  of  the  finest  lawns  in  the  world.  The  build- 
ing is  constructed  of  Colorado  granite ;  is  a  massive  structure, 
exceptionally  well  built,  and  cost  $2,800,000,  exclusive  of 
the  site.     The  grounds  are  now  valued  at  $1,000,000. 


COLORADO  STATE  CAPITOL.  DENVER.  COLORADO 


UNITED  STATES  MINT. 

T^HE  United  States  Mint  shown  in  the  foreground  of 
"^  this  picture  was  completed  in  1905.  In  the  great 
Bullion  Vaults  of  the  Mint  there  Eire  hundreds  of  millions 
of  dollars  worth  of  gold  and  silver  bars,  chiefly  the  product 
of  Colorado  mines.  This  is  conceded  to  be  the  finest 
coining  mint  in  the  world,  though  not  the  largest.  It 
required  five  years  to  be  built  and  the  cost  was  nearly  two 
millions  of  dollars.  It  is  equipped  with  the  finest  steel 
vaults  and  the  best  machinery  ever  manufactured  in  the 
United  States. 


UNITED  STATES  MINT.  PUBLIC  LIBRARY  AND  STATE  CAPITOL. 
DENVER.  COLORADO. 


NEW  DENVER  POST  OFFICE  AND  FEDERAL 
COURT  HOUSE. 

"^jX^ITHOUT  a  doubt  the  most  noted  of  the  new 
additions  to  Denver's  famous  hst  of  puWic  build- 
ings, is  the  New  Post  Office  and  Federal  Building.  This 
structure  is  probably  one  of  the  best  examples  of  purely 
classic  in  Greek  architecture  in  this  country.  It  is  200 
feet  in  size,  and  was  built  of  Colorado  marble.  The  cost 
of  construction  was  $1,500,000  and  the  site  cost  $500,000. 


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NEW  DENVER  POST  OFFICE  AND  FEDERAL  COURT  HOUSE. 


CHEESMAN  PARK  PAVILION. 

/^F  the  T>venty-nine  parks  that  are  the  property  of  the 
City  of  Denver,  Cheesman  Park  is  one  of  the  most 
beautiful.  The  Cheesman  Memorial,  located  in  this  park 
was  erected  by  Mrs.  Walter  S.  Cheesman  in  memory  of 
her  husband,  the  late  Mr.  Walter  S.  Cheesman,  and  do- 
nated to  the  City  of  Denver  for  the  benefit  and  enjoyment 
of  her  people.  The  view  obtained  therefrom  is  unexcelled 
in  beauty,  and  nearly  every  tourist  to  Denver,  visits  this 
place.  This  structure  was  built  of  pure  Colorado  marble 
at  a  cost  of  $100,000. 


CHEESMAN  PARK  PAVILION.  MOUNTAfN  RANGE  IN  DISTANCE. 
DENVER.  COLORADO. 


CIVIC  CENTER. 

TN  connection  with  Denver's  Civic  Center  the  Colonnade 
■■•  of  Civic  Benefactors  was  conceived  with  the  idea  that 
this  should  be  a  local  hall  of  fame  dedicated  not  to  the 
great  of  past  generations,  but  to  those,  living  or  dead, 
whose  love  for  their  home  city  should  inspire  them  to 
present  it  with  works  calculated  to  increase  its  beauty  or 
culture  in  a  dignified,  substantial  manner. 


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GREEK  THEATRE.  CIVIC  CENTER.  DENVER.  COLORADO. 


TOPOGRAPHICAL  MAP  OF  DENVER 
MOUNTAIN  PARK  RANGE. 

"VUTITH  the  close  of  the  season  of  1919,  the  Mountain 
>V^  Park  and  Boulevard  system  has  cost  the  munici- 
pality of  Denver  approximately  $525,000.00.  Future  im- 
provements, purchases  and  extensions  will  bring  this 
amount  up  to  $1,000,000.  The  Mountain  Park  system  con- 
sists of  17  tracts  comprising  a  total  area  of  3739  acres.  The 
system  is  unique  in  that  the  creation  of  it  is  the  first  in- 
stance on  record  of  an  American  city  establishing  a  Park 
and  camping  grounds  twenty  to  thirty  miles  beyond  its 
own  borders  Denver  has  brought  her  own  Mountain  sce- 
nery to  her  own  doors. 


TOPOGRAPHICAL  MAP  OF  DENVER  MOUNTAIN  PARK  RANGE 


DOUBLE  HAIRPIN  TRAIL. 

^\^?^HERE  the  -vtronderful  drive  to  the  summit  of  Lookout  Mountain 
'^  begins  to  emerge  from  behind  the  low  foot-hills,  one's  eyes 
are  suddenly  arrested  by  the  vision  of  the  plains,  of  the  city  of  Golden 
and  of  the  picturesque  escarpments  of  Table  Mountain.  The  view  of 
this  sublime  landscape  is  only  attainable  by  the  most  difficult  stages  of 
mountain  highway  construction,  those  sharp  turns  in  the  road  which 
have  been  compared  to  "hair-pins' '  and  to  the  sinuosities  of  the  flying 
lariat.  Climbing  Lookout  Mountain  is  a  succession  of  surprises. 
Thrilling  views  follow  one  another  so  closely  that  one  fears  to  guess 
what  may  happen  next.  It  is  a  true  joy  to  the  motorist  to  hug  this 
perfect  mountain  boulevard  and  to  sweep  here  and  there  from  one 
ocular  discovery  to  another.     It  is  an  experience  without  parallel. 


DOUBLE  HAIRPIN  TRAIL.  DENVER  MOUNTAIN  PARKS. 


THE  LARIAT  TRAIL. 

T— TERE  we  find  ourselves  gazing  upon  the  most  distinc- 
tive feature  of  Denver's  Mountain  Park  and  boule- 
vard system.  The  winding  highways  at  this  point  have 
been  variously  designated  as  the  "Hairpin"  Turns,  the 
'  'Lariat  Trail' '  and  the  '  'Wreath  of  Incense. ' '  This  scene 
has  inspired  more  poetical  smiles  than  any  other  landscape 
in  the  world,  and  it  is  caught  each  year  by  els  many  cameras 
as  Niagara  Falls.  We  are  here  approaching  Wildcat 
Point  and  the  summit  of  Lookout  Mountain.  The  drive 
in  the  lower  foreground  of  the  picture  is  the  consumma- 
tion of  the  journey  which  is  marked  out  in  the  distance  by 
the  exacting  hand  of  the  highway  engineer.  We  are  rid- 
ing at  an  altitude  of  about  7, 000  feet. 


THE  LARIAT  TRAIL.  DENVER  MOUNTAIN  PARKS. 


••BUFFALO  BILL" 

nUFFALO  BILL  (Col.  W.  F.  Cody)  the  world  femous 
Scout  and  Plainsman  was  born  February  26,  1845, 
Scott  County,  Iowa  and  died  January  10,  1917.  Denver, 
Colorado.  At  his  request  he  was  buried  on  Lookout  Mt. 
overlooking  the  plains  he  knew  so  well  and  in  the  early 
Pioneer  days  loved  to  roam  in  quest  of  BuflFalo  and  other 
big  game. 


"BUFFALO  BILLS"  (COL   W    F.  CODY)  GRAVE  ON  WILD  CAT  POINT: 


WILDCAT  POINT.  LOOKOUT  MOUNTAIN. 

/'"^ONTRARY  to  the  impression  which  exists  in  some 
^^  minds  of  the  East,  there  are  no  Indian  tribes  within 
several  hundred  miles  of  Denver.  The  redskins  shown 
in  this  picture  are  visitors  from  a  distant  reservation.  But 
it  was  not  many  years  ago  when  the  region  now  included 
within  the  Denver  Mountain  Park  district  were  overrun 
by  Utes,  Arapahoes,  Kiowas  and  other  Colorado  tribes. 
Colorow  Point,  which  is  one  of  the  sublime  scenic  spots 
of  the  Lookout  Mountain  drive,  was  named  from  Chief 
Colorow  of  the  Ute  tribe.  This  photograph  was  taken  on 
Wildcat  Point  a  rocky  promotory  of  Lookout  Mountain 
which  overlooks  the  plains  of  Denver  basin  and  the  snow- 
capped peaks  of  the  snowy  range. 


WILDCAT  POINT.  LOOKOUT  MOUNTAIN.  DENVER  MOUNTAIN  PARKS. 


VISTA  FROM  GENESEE  MOUNTAIN. 

T^ENVER  is  the  only  American  municipality  which  owns  a  Moun- 
-*-^  tain  Park  in  an  adjoining  county.  The  summit  is  3,000  feet 
higher  than  the  State  Capitol,  and  is  easily  reached  in  a  motor  drive 
of  6n  hour  and  a  half.  While  the  peak  itself  is  not  picturesque,  the 
prospect  from  it  is  magnificent.  Not  only  does  it  overlook  the  great 
plains  to  the  east,  but  it  offers  one  an  unusual  panorama  of  the  Rocky 
Mountains  to  the  west.  Genesee  Peak  is  a  part  of  Genesee  Park, 
which  is  owned  by  the  citizens  of  Denver.  This  park  comprises 
1,800  acres  and  includes  a  wild-animal  enclosure  of  135  acres  on  the 
west  slope  of  the  mountain.  The  enclosure  contains  untamed 
Buffalo,  Elk  and  Deer.  Many  fine  photographs  have  been  taken 
from  Genesee  Peak,  and  this  is  one  of  the  best. 


VISTA  FROM  GENESEE  MOUNTAIN,  DENVER  MOUNTAIN  PARKS. 


VIEW  FROM  WILDCAT  POINT. 

STANDING  upon  the  summit  of  a  high  building  does  not  afford 
one  a  situation  to  be  compared  with  the  experience  of  looking 
down  from  the  roch  promotory  called  Wildcat  Point.  Persons  who 
are  easily  afflicted  with  the  terror  known  as  the  height  craze  hesitate 
to  venture  out  upon  the  edge  of  this  sharp  declivity ,  but  such  persons 
are  few  in  number.  The  average  man  or  woman  loves  the  thrill 
which  can  only  come  from  an  aerial  flight  or  from  the  sensation  of 
being  suspended  between  earth  and  shy.  One  day  a  distinguished 
orator  from  New  York  City  observed  an  eagle  flying  far  below  as  his 
car  was  being  driven  swiftly  up  the  boulevard  toward  Wildcat  Point, 
"Ah"  he  exclaimed;  "this  is  the  first  time  I  ever  experienced  a 
bird's-eye  view  of  a  bird." 


LOOKING  DOWN  FROM  WILDCAT  POINT.  DENVER  MOUNTAIN  PARKS. 


SNOWY  RANGE  SHOWING  JAMES  PEAK. 

/X  DETOUR  from  the  main  drive  over  Lookout  Mountain,  to 
■*  *•  what  is  known  as  Colorow  point,  affords  the  visitor  to  the 
Denver  mountain  parka  a  view  of  the  snowy  range  and  of  Clear  Creek 
Canyon  that  is  not  excelled  for  picturesqueness  anywhere  in  the 
world.  A  few  feet  from  the  spot  where  the  automobile  stands,  it  is 
possible  to  look  almost  directly  down  into  a  gorge  2000  feet  below, 
where  flows  Clear  Creek,  one  of  the  streams  in  which  gold  was  dis- 
covered in  the  memorable  year  of  the  Pike's  Peak  excitement,  1859. 
The  actual  discovery  occurred  about  15  miles  west,  but  placers  have 
been  operated  near  the  point  here  shown.  A  Railroad  traverses  this 
gorge,  connecting  Denver  with  Idaho  Springs,  Georgetown,  Silver 
Plume,  Blackhawk  and  Central  City,  towns  which  are  famed  the  world 
over  for  their  mineral  wealth.  Combined  with  this  awe-inspiring 
glimpse  of  the  canyon  is  the  beautiful  prospect  of  the  snowy  range  to 
the  distant  west.  Travelers  usually  pause  at  this  bend  in  the  highway 
to  commune  with  their  own  souls  in  the  sublime  presence  of  their  God. 


SNOWY  RANGE  SHOWING  JAMES  PEAK,  IN  DENVER  MOUNTAIN  PARKS. 


VIEW  IN  DENVER  MOUNTAIN  PARKS. 

'T'HIS  beautiful  spot  at  an  altitude  of  approximately  7,000 
feet  is  sometimes  spoken  of  as  the  kodaher's  paradise, 
because  of  the  many  invitations  to  the  eye  of  the  camera 
which  are  presented  on  from  this  point.  Professional 
landscape  photographers  from  Denver  have  achieved  their 
greatest  triumphs  on  this  spot.  To  one  who  has  for  the 
first  time  arrived  upon  the  scene,  there  is  a  natural  interest 
in  looking  over  the  journey  which  made  the  attainment 
possible. 


VIEW  FROM  AUTO  HIGHWAY  IN  DENVER  MOUNTAIN  PARKS. 


MOUNT  EVANS. 

CONSPICUOUS  upon  the  mountain  sky-line  extending  from  the 
northwest  to  the  southwest  of  Denver  are  several  snow-capped 
peaks,  whose  fame  reaches  to  the  ends  of  the  earth.  Almost  directly 
west  rises  Mount  Evans,  an  eminence  200  feet  higher  than  Pikes  Peak. 
This  summit  is  named  after  John  Evans  a  former  governor  of  Colorado, 
who,  before  he  took  up  his  residence  in  the  Centennial  state,  has 
been  similarly  honored  in  the  designation  of  Evansville,  Indiana,  and 
Evanston,  Illinois.  Mount  Evans  is  the  natural  western  limit  of  the 
Denver  system  of  mountain  parks  and  boulevards,  and,  in  the  very 
near  future  a<5cording  to  official  plans,  an  automobile  drive  will  be 
completed  to  its  summit—  an  unusual  achievement.  This  drive  will 
extend  "Westward  from  the  existing  park  system  of  Denver,  and,  by 
an  easy  climb,  it  will  rise  to  a  point  overlooking  a  chain  of  mountain 
lakes  14,000  feet  above  sea-level.  Mount  Evans  is  also  known 
as  the  sentinel  of  Denver's  Mountain  Parks. 


MOUNT  EVANS  FROM  DENVER  MOUNTAIN  PARKS  HIGHWAY. 


SCENE  IN  BEAR  CREEK  CANYON. 
NEAR  EVERGREEN. 

BEAR  CREEK  CANYON  was  long  ago  selected  by  the  first 
femilies  of  Denver  as  the  aristocratic  summer  retreat  of  the  near- 
by hills.  It  still  holds  this  place  in  the  esteem  of  Denver's  wealthiest 
citizens,  many  of  whom  have  erected  villas  on  the  slopes  among  the 
pines.  Evergreen  with  its  mantle  of  blue  spruces — than  which  God 
never  made  a  prettier  tree — is  an  early  Colorado  settlement,  and  the 
Bear  Creek  Canyon  road  was  constructed  long  ago.  Because  of  the 
great  charm  of  this  canyon,  the  variety  of  forms  and  tints  that  confronts 
the  eye,  the  city  of  Denver  selected  it  as  a  part  of  its  mountain  park 
system  and  it  has  reconstructed  the  highway  and  purchased  picnic 
grounds  along  the  route.  It  was  near  the  point  shown  in  this  picture 
that  the  main  unit  of  the  mountain  park  drive  from  Golden  to 
Morrison  was  formally  dedicated  December  12,  1915.  Although  this 
event  occurred  almost  in  the  middle  of  winter,  the  dedicatory  auto- 
mobile run  was  made  by  300  cars.  The  waters  of  Bear  Creek  are  the 
melted  snows  of  Mount  Evans,  the  sentinel  of  Denver's  Mountain 
Parks.  They  are  stocked  with  trout  and  thus  made  additionally 
attractive  to  the  tourist. 


SCENE  IN  BEAR  CREEK  CANON.  NEAR  EVERGREEN, 
DENVER  MOUNTAIN  PARKS. 


JUNCTION.  FORT  COLLINS-LOVELAND 
AUTO  ROADS. 

£^  FTER  leaving  Loveland  the  car  soon  disappears  in  the 
Canon  of  the  Big  Thompson  River,  to  emerge 
twenty-five  miles  ferther  up  the  stream  in  Estes  Park. 
The  road  is  a  steady  ascent  without  hills,  smooth  as  a 
billiard  table  and  as  sinuous  as  the  beautiful  river  itself. 
Seventeen  times  the  road  crosses  from  one  to  the  other 
side  of  the  canon  to  make  way  for  the  waters  of  the 
Thompson,  which  rage  and  toss  and  tumble  in  beautiful 
rapids.  From  Ft.  Collins  the  route  is  equal  as  rich  in 
scenic  beauties.  The  State  Agricultural  College  Farm  is 
passed  and  the  road  follows  Spring  Canon,  Buckhorn  and 
Missouri  Canons. 


JUNCTION.  FORT  COLLINS-LOVELAND  AUTO  ROADS  TO  ESTES  PARK, 
ROCKY  MOUNTAIN  NATIONAL  PARK.  COLORADO. 


ST.  VRAIN  CANON.  LYONS-ESTES 
PARK  ROAD. 

A  FTER  leaving  its  course  along  the  beautiful  shaded  St. 
Vrain  River,  the  road  leads  toward  the  foot  hills — 
through  a  gloriously  rugged  country.  Crossing  and  re- 
crossing  sparkling  stream  and  sunlit  canon,  tortuously 
winding  and  twisting,  the  road  leads  ever  upward,  past 
mile  after  mile  of  majestic  scenery,  until  finally  the  car 
pauses  at  the  crest  of  Park  Hill  (elevation  8,500  feet)  from 
which  a  spectacular  scene  of  giant  peaks  and  lovely  valley 
greets  the  eye. 


ST  VRAIN  CANON,  LYONS-ESTES  PARK  ROAD.  ROCKY  MOUNTAIN 
NATIONAL  PARK.  COLORADO. 


WARD -ROCKY  MOUNTAIN  NATIONAL  PARK 
AUTO  ROAD. 

pROM  Boulder,  a  most  attractive  route  exists  to  Ward, 
another  auto  gateway,  via  "Switzerland  Trail  of 
America."  twenty-six  miles  in  length,  thence  due  north 
thirty  miles  via  auto  to  the  village  of  Estes  Park.  Scenic- 
ally  this  route  is  altogether  different,  being  a  "cross 
country"  route  on  top  of  the  mountains,  with  a  wide  ex- 
panse of  views  of  the  range,  from  Longs  Peak  on  the  north, 
to  James  Peak  on  the  south. 


BUCHANAN  PASSAND  PEACEFUL  VALLEY  FROM  WARD-ROCKY  MOUNTAIN 
NATIONAL  PARK  HIGHWAY. 


ESTES  PARK-GRAND  LAKE  ROAD. 

'T'HE  new  Estea  Park-Grand  Lake  Road,  just  completed, 
covering  forty  miles  of  the  most  magnificent  scenery 
to  be  seen  in  the  New  Rocky  Mountain  National  Park  is 
one  of  the  most  popular  in  this  region  of  wonders.  It 
takes  you  by  Poudre  Lakes,  Specimen  Mountain  and  leads 
to  the  famous  Grand  Lake,  Colorado's  largest  and  most 
imposing  mountain  lake. 


ESTES  PARK-GRAND  LAKE  ROAD.  ROCKY  MOUNTAIN  NATIONAL  PARK. 


VISTA  IN  ESTES  PARK. 

TF  Colorado  is  the  playgrxjund  of  America,  then  Rocfey 
Mountain  National  Parh-Estes  Peirk  is  the  playground 
of  playgrounds.  For  here  —  seventy  miles  fix>m  Denver,  at 
the  foot  of  grim  scarred  Longs  Peak— nature  has  set  her 
Gsurden  of  Eden,  a  lovely  natural  park  without  peer  or 
rival,  ramparted  with  a  wall  of  rugged  mountains  that  en- 
circle it  like  a  gigantic  crooked  arm  flung  out  from  the  main 
range  of  the  Rockies,  the  Continental  Divide. 


VISTA  IN  ESTES  PARK-SHOWING  LONGS  PEAK  AND  JAPAN  ESE  TREE. 


FERN  LAKE. 

2^  SSUREDLY  the  most  attractive  scenes  that  greet  the 
visitor's  eye  in  this  region  of  -wonders  are  the  many 
beautiful  crystal  lakes  that  are  scattered  throughout  this 
park.  Fern  Lake,  one  of  the  most  noted  of  these  is  famous 
for  its  exquisite  purity  and  clearness,  as  well  as  beautiful 
scenery  of  its  surroundings.  This  lake  is  of  glacial  origin 
and  is  situated  at  the  head  of  beautiful  Fein  River. 


FERN  LAKE.  ROCKY  MOUNTAIN  NATIONAL  PARK. 


THE  RANGE  FROM  MORAINE  PARK. 

"CSTES  PARK,  of  which  beautiful  Moraine  Park  is  a 
part,  is  a  natural  amphitheatre  covering  100,000  acres 
at  the  foot  of  Colorado's  grandest  mountain.  Longs  Peak. 
On  every  side  is  a  circle  of  great  snow  peaks,  including 
Ypsilon,  Hague's,  Chapin  and  a  score  of  others.  On  near- 
ing  this  wonderful  region,  the  visitor  is  awe-inspired  by  the 
grandeur  of  the  range  which  surpasses  in  beauty  any  other 
similar  scenes  in  the  world. 


THE  RANGE  FROM  MORAINE  PARK.  ROCKY  MOUNTAIN  NATIONAL 
PARK-ESTES  PARK. 


LONGS  PEAK  FROM  BEAR  LAKE. 

T  ONGS  PEAK,  the  monarch  of  all  the  mountains 
surrounding  the  Rochy  Mountain  National  Psirk,  was 
named  for  Major  S.  H.  Long,  the  explorer.  Attaining 
an  altitude  of  14,255  feet,  it  is  the  most  precipitous  lofty 
summit  in  the  Front  Range,  and  is  the  axis  of  interest  in 
the  Rocky  Mountain  National  Park.  The  Arapahoe 
Indians  say  that  the  summit  was  visited  by  their  chiefs  to 
trap  the  sacred  eagle,  but  the  white  man's  first  successful 
eflFort  to  climb  it  was  that  of  the  Byers  party  in  1868. 
Now-a-days  the  alpine  glow  of  the  August  and  September 
dawns  r£U"ely  fails  to  disclose  some  party  on  the  cliflFs. 


LONGS  PEAK  FROM  BEAR  LAKE.  ROCKY  MOUNTAIN  NATIONAL  PARK. 


MOUNT  CHAPIN. 

"ViJT^ITHIN  the  embrace  of  what  is  known  as  Estes  Park 
and  the  New  Rocky  Mountain  National  Park 
nestles  a  natural  amphitheatre  of  a  hundred  thousand  acres, 
every  one  a  contributing  detail  to  a  series  of  panoramas 
most  charming  and  picturesque.  This  region  is  unique 
8nd  without  replica,  the  inspiration  of  the  Creator's  rarest 
mood.  For  when  white  winter  sits  enthroned  on  the  peaks 
and  glaciers,  the  green  and  tawny  Park  swims  in  a  drowse 
of  golden  summer.  Above  is  the  circle  of  the  magnificent 
peaks — Mount  Chapin,  Ypsilon  and  Hague's;  while  below 
is  the  grass  carpet  of  thousands  of  acres  of  gently  rolling 
meadow. 


MOUNT  CHAPIN.  ESTES  PARK-ROCKY  MOUNTAIN  NATIONAL  PARK. 


YPSILON  PEAK. 

AAOUNTAIN  climbing  opportunities  in  the  Rocky 
Mountain  National  Park  are  the  best  on  the  con- 
tinent, if  not  in  the  world.  There  are  Ypsilon,  Hague's, 
Flat  Top,  Longs  Peak  and  a  score  of  others  whose  altitudes 
rank  with  those  in  Switzerland,  and  yet  they  sure  only 
beginning  to  be  known.  Mt.  Ypsilon,  shown  in  this 
picture,  with  Hague's  Peak  and  Flat  Top,  form  sentinels 
standing  just  within  the  crooked  arm  of  the  Continental 
Divide.  YpsUon  is  13,500  feet  high,  while  Hague  is  13,382 
and  two  miles  north. 


YPSILON  PEAK.  ROCKY  MOUNTAIN  NATIONAL  PARK. 


CONTINENTAL  DIVIDE  FROM  SLOPE  OF 
PROSPECT  MOUNTAIN. 

'^JkJTONDERFUL !  No  word  is  better  adapted  to  express 
the  eflFect  this  magnificent  panorama  of  scenic 
features  has  on  the  visitor  who  first  beholds  this  landscape 
in  this  region  of  wonders.  Here  is  some  of  the  most 
wonderful  scenery  in  the  world,  within  a  few  miles  of  the 
village  of  Estes  Park,  Bierstadt  Lake,  Bartholf  Parh  and 
Mary's  Lake  are  attractions  in  this  vicinity. 


CONTINENTAL  DIVIDE  FROM  THE  SLOPE  OF  PROSPECT  MOUNTAIN, 
ESTES  PARK-ROCKY  MOUNTAIN  NATIONAL  PARK. 


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